What is unnerving in President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s march to authoritarianism is how dismally familiar it is: the coup that becomes a pretext for a massive roundup of real and imagined enemies; the claims to be the one man who can withstand the onslaught of foreign foes; the invocation of purported historical slights; the silencing of the news media. The world has seen this before in other countries. The pattern is tried and true; the tough question is how to break it.
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan on November 2 received President of the Senate of the Kingdom of Belgium Christine Defraigne who is in an official visit to Armenia, press service of the Government informed. PM Karapetyan welcomed the Belgian delegation’s visit to Armenia and expressed confidence that the visit will contribute to further developing and strengthening the Armenian-Belgian relations.
Under the submitted request, the gas tariff for consumers using up to 10 thousand cubic meters of gas a month will be set to 139 AMD for each cubic meter, including VAT.
Expenditures of social protection sector will comprise AMD 408 billion 985.5 million in 2017, which, as compared to ongoing year, is more by AMD 3 billion 822.6 million. Atom Janjughazyan, First Deputy Minister of Finance, said during the Parliamentary debates of the 2017 state budget.
H.Bagratyan stated that NSS president mentioned a wrong figure of Euronest, as participation of SMEs in GDP comprises 27%, and Mnatsakanyan stated 58.7% in his letter. “His issue is with European institutions, every time they bring people from those international institutions, treat with kebab, and in the end they receive the amount they want to, you see.”
“We have discussed that issue in the Committee, and there was a position that at this stage it’s not appropriate to implement it. In that period there wasn’t mutual agreement as well. As for the existent situation, I consider, we’ll reflect to that issue within new legislative initiative.”
“From the day of assuming his position Armen Amiryan had AMD 12 million and USD 45 thousand. Prior to being appointed a Minister, his income from salary comprised about AMD 3 million, AMD 526 thousand from the payment for rent, and by providing another territory for rent, he received income comprising USD 135 thousand.”
“Haykakan zhamanak” daily writes, “Upon official statistics, as of September 30 Armenia’s state debt comprised USD 5 billion 594 million. Only in a month our debt has grown by USD 10 million, and from the beginning of the year—by USD 517 million.
“We hear many opinions, that if this is a budget airline, then low-quality service supposes security issues as well, but it’s not so.”
“After sanctions against Iran have been lifted, by launching cooperation, I consider, the sides will discuss their possibilities for wider cooperation, with the possibility of transition of Iranian gas to Europe. However, at the initial stage supply of gas to Armenia with small volume may be expected.”
